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NASSEN v. NATIONAL STATES INS. CO.

No. 91-880.

494 N.W.2d 231 (1992)

Ida NASSEN, Appellee, v. NATIONAL STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Sherinian and Thomas D. Hanson of Hanson, Bjork & Russell, Des Moines, for appellant.

Barry J. Nadler of Newbrough, Johnston, Brewer, Maddux & Nadler, Ames, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, National States Insurance Company (National States), appeals from an adverse judgment in an action alleging that it had acted in bad faith in its denial of a claim by plaintiff, Ida Nassen, under a policy of nursing home insurance. Plaintiff has cross-appealed from the district court's order for a remittitur of $40,000 of the verdict, which included actual damages totaling $123,000 and punitive damages of $500,000. After reviewing the arguments...

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